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Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From an acclaimed Harvard professor and one of Time's most influential people, this paradigm-shifting book shows how almost everything we think we know about aging is wrong, offers a front-row seat to the amazing global effort to slow, stop, and reverse aging, and calls readers to consider a future where aging can be treated.
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Through simplified explanations of complex concepts this book examines the history of genetics and the Human Genome Project, including the ethical issues associated with the program, and genetic errors that lead to hereditary diseases.
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